Iran said on Tuesday that its oil exports had increased by 30 percent last month. The country’s Oil Minister Bijan Zangeneh has been quoted by the media as saying that exports increased to 1.75 million barrels per day (bpd) during the Iranian month of Bahman, which runs from January 21 to February 19.

The annual festival for producing rose water and the religious ritual of washing the Holy Kaaba, in the Saudi city of Mecca, with Persian rose water will be registered on UNESCO's List of Intangible Cultural Heritage, said Farhard Nazari, the deputy head of Cultural Heritage, Handicrafts and Tourism Organization for Registration of Cultural, Historical and Natural Heritage Department.